Djamel Ould Abbès

Djamel Ould Abbès (24 February 1934-) was an Algerian politician and Secretary-General of the FLN party in Algeria.

Biography
Djamel Ould Abbès was born in Tlemcen, Algeria on 24 February 1934, and he attended school in West Germany, graduating on 11 July 1964 to become a doctor. Ould Abbès became the health director in Tlemcen before becoming Vice-President of the Arab Medical Union and becoming honorary president of the Arab Academy of Pharmacy. On 22 October 2016, he became the new Secretary-General of the FLN, Algeria's largest party and its predominant socialist party. During the 2017 legislative election on 4 May 2017, the party lost 44 seats, but it maintained its significant lead in the People's National Assembly.